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Preconception Health and Care: A Life Course Approach (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
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Preconception Health and Care: A Life Course Approach (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
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This book provides a practical, multidisciplinary approach to
support a broad range of health professionals, social workers,
public health workers and others tasked with providing health and
care to young adults. The continuum of life begins with the health
and wellness of parents prior to conception, followed by embryonic
and fetal development, and continues throughout life. Each person's
life stages prepare them for the next and determine their health
outcome and wellbeing over time. The text highlights the importance
of promoting health throughout the lifespan, the influence of
intergenerational health, and the concept of the Developmental
Origins of Health and Disease in epigenetic processes and
embryology. Authors underscore the importance of advancing health
equity and lift up some of the ethical considerations in this work.
The authors explore specific interventions in four major
categories: Lifestyle, Infections, Nutrition, and Contraception /
Pregnancy Planning (LINC). Preconception care is defined by the
World Health Organization as the provision of biomedical,
behavioural and social health interventions to women and couples
before conception. Preconception care includes evidence-based
interventions to improve health status, to reduce behaviours,
individual and environmental factors that contribute to poor health
outcomes. This book offers readers evidence-based guidance
regarding fertility awareness and sperm health, genetic counselling
and lifestyle assessments, as well as mental wellbeing, alcohol,
tobacco and pharmacotherapy, and specialist care for those with
chronic conditions, including a review of medications. It also
covers relevant infections, including HIV and the Zika virus, as
well as different types of environmental and occupational exposure.
The book employs a framework focusing on health promotion, the
social determinants of health, and the science behind preconception
care. Strategies for improving preconception and interconception
health, including examples from around the globe, are described in
detail.
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